Section 3 of 4
Metalwork
Bells, reliquaries and the shrines made to hold them.
Every guide in this section
5 pieces. Each one says what the object is, what it is made of, and what is actually known about it.
- The bell and its shrineA plain iron hand-bell, and the elaborate casing made centuries later to enclose it as a relic.Read
- Iron then bronzeThe earlier bells are riveted sheet iron; the later ones cast.Read
- Filigree and granulationGold wire and grains applied at a scale that needs magnification now.Read
- The reliquaryHouse-shaped boxes built to be carried and displayed.Read
- HoardsObjects buried for safety and never recovered, which is why we have them.Read